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17.02.2017To give a part of you in the day of love or how we helped the children from Hitrino!

Toys, children's books and educational games were given to the youngest students of High School "Dr Petar Beron" in Hitrino. The donation, collected in a charity campaign under the slogan: "With love for the children of Hitrino" was handed by volunteers to Center "Amalipe".

The campaign involved nearly 200 schools of the network,created within the project "Every student will be a winner" from Botevgrad, Pazardzhik, Razgrad, Targovishte and many other towns. "Because of the campaign slogan" With love for the children of Hitrino ", we chose to deliver the donation on the day of love," said Sylvia Stancheva - regional coordinator of Center "Amalipe" for northeastern Bulgaria.

"And because we want to show you our love, because we want to see more smiling  faces and because we want to forget about the bad things that have happened and wish you to be happy, and to achieve your dreams.", added Sylvia Stancheva.

Two months after the tragic incident in Hitrino students from the elementary grades in school, "Dr Petar Beron" have returned to their normal living. "Any positive emotion is useful for children," said the tutor of second grade Fathme Mohammedan.

"They feel happy, smiling and have forgotten what they experienced", added Fathme Mohammedan.

The campaign for children in Hitrino launched in December 2016. More information, refer to: http: //amalipe.com/index.php? Nav = news & date = 14.12.2016 & lang = 2

17.02.2017Love, prosperity or exhibit?

 

Center "Amalipe" had a triple holiday celebration - Valentine's Day, St. Trifon's Day and the Day of archaeologist on February 14. "No matter what we celebrate as long as you do it with love and tolerance" this was the idea that united community centers, moderators and volunteers of the Amalipe network. Together with friends from Town Student parliament, Regional health inspectorate and Youth Center, they have shown that we can share love and smile to people even in subzero temperatures.

The cold day did not stop the young people to make their campaigns and events across the country, which reminded the people that it is good to show love and compassion not only on this day, but throughout the year.

See where and how the campaigns were implemented on: www. romadevelopment.org

17.02.2017Center "Amalipe" held a regional forum to enhance the competence of the institutions on fundamental human rights

Regional Forum on "Enhancing the competence of the institutions on fundamental human rights" was held on February 10 at the Hall of the District Administration Veliko Tarnovo. The forum was organized by Center "Amalipe" within the project "Increasing the competence of lawyers for fundamental human rights", coordinated by the Roma Centre for Social Intervention and Studies - Romani CRISS (Romania). Participants in the forum were representatives of the Regional Directorate of Interior - Veliko Tarnovo, district prosecutors and judges from the area, district inspectors, lawyers and jurists.

The meeting was opened by the Deputy Governor of Veliko Tarnovo Mrs. Lubomira Popova, who said about cooperation between the Centre "Amalipe" and District Administration. The Program Director of "Amalipe" Theodora Krumova put the current issue of early marriages in the district,  still common in the Roma community.

Ms. Krumova emphasized the crucial importance of education to raise the age of Roma girls to enter into partnerships or early marriage and destroyed the myth of multi Roma family, by pointing out that according to a survey conducted with a total of 477 persons, aged 18-60 years from the area, the average number of children per family is 2,35.

The chairman of Center "Amalipe" Deyan Kolev called for further interaction between the responsible institutions and the community to tackle the problem of early coexistence and modernization of the Roma community. During the meeting were discussed the laws and the work of institutions, focusing in defending human rights. The representatives of Center "Amalipe" Maria Yanakieva, Sergei Sashev and Stefan Stefanov highlighted the experience they have on the field - the exclusive role of the moderators at the Centers for Community Development for organizing and activating the Roma community.

The forum ended with the presentation of Mr. Lalo Kamenov, who discussed with participants the legal framework and practices of the Commission for Protection against Discrimination on ethnic grounds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

17.02.2017National Association of Municipalities supported ceration of unified schools during the annual meeting with local experts

The majority of municipalities willing to support primary schools in villages to transform into unified, ie training students from 1st to 10th grade. That applies especially to the villages where more conservative groups of Roma, Turks, Bulgarian Muslims and other ethnic groups live, in which girls rarely continue to secondary education. National Association of Municipalities supports these efforts.

That became clear during the fourth national meeting of municipal experts on education organized by NAMB in Pazardzhik from 8 to 10 of February. The topic was set by Deyan Kolev from Center "Amalipe", who was one of the moderators at the discussion forum "The range of children of compulsory school age - a common task of Municipalities, Ministry of Education and NGOs."

"What is unified school and could it be possible?" - Asked in his presentation Kolev. And he answered, "Absolutely yes, because:

1. Unified schools have a chance to increase the range of young people from villages and especially of Roma girls in secondary education;

2. Unified Schools are a chance for the development of schools in the villages after the Education Act takes their eighth grade;

3. Unified schools have a chance to improve the quality of education in rural schools."

Kolev presented the key steps that municipalities must take to create unified schools that persist in the first high school stage all young people, providing high quality education and the opportunity to continue in the second high school stage. "The decision is yours, to the Municipal Council. Do not worry if the regional department of education will give a positive opinion: the law requires opinion, not agreement of the RDE"- said Kolev. He appealed to the municipalities to support the development of unified schools in villages and not to do in the towns, as the transformation of urban "Roma" schools from primary to unified will reinforce segregation.

Theodora Dacheva by the National Association of Municipalities also encouraged municipalities to support the development of integrated schools in the villages. The criteria MES gave to RDE were only indicative and non-binding, said Dacheva, emphasizing the crucial role of municipalities in this process.

Experts from many municipalities have expressed their attitude to assist in the transformation of rural primary schools in unified ones. Their main arguments were related to ensuring more complete coverage in secondary education, as well as support for the preservation and development of schools in the villages.

The discussion forum "The range of children of compulsory school age - a common task of Municipalities, Ministry of Education and NGOs" was organized in partnership with the Trust for social alternative. Eugenia Volen and Galia Marinova by TSA presented two programs of the Foundation, aimed at the full range:

- "Ready for School": ensuring a more complete coverage in pre-school education for children from vulnerable groups;

- "Equal opportunity - access to secondary education": supporting young people from villages that with training in high schools.

Manuela Radeva, director of the Center for Educational Integration of Children and students from ethnic minorities, presented the activities of the Center. She focused on tender procedures announced by the Centre and their accessibility even for smaller schools and kindergartens.

In her detailed presentation Lilia Krasteva, head of research, analysis and methodologies; monitoring and evaluation of the Centre for Inclusive Education examined the challenges facing municipalities in ensuring quality inclusive education.

Amalipe name was repeatedly mentioned during the discussion forum. Many local experts highlighted the excellent work of the schools participating in the network "Every student will be a winner" of Amalipe. All panelists and representatives of NAMB also pointed out the role of the organization - as well as in the implementation of initiatives on the field and in the formation of policies for educational integration of Roma children.

 

More about the event and photos see on website of NAMB Active

17.02.2017Newsletter of the activities of Amalipe Center in January 2017

Dear colleagues and friends,

The newsletter of Center Amalipe for January 2017 gives you the opportunity to see innovations and traditions, combined in one. You will discover how Roma groups in Bulgaria celebrate Vassilitsa and which national institutions opened their doors for little students - survakarcheta.

In the newsletter you will find interesting information about the overall activity of the organization, and news about upcoming competitions.

Here are the main topics:

 

FOCUS

pages 3-11 | Vassilitsa 2017 - purification or a new beginning?

pages 12-13 | The old capital hosted events dedicated to Vasilitsa

page 14 | The Centers for Community Development celebrated Vassilitsa

 

OBSERVER

page 15 | Exchange visits on a project to increase the competence of lawyers in Romania

page 16 | First partner meeting on Working together for Roma inclusive education Project was

held in Athens, Greece

 

КХЕРЕ - HOME

page 17 | Poetry contest in the name of Usin Kerim

page 18 | CCD Strazhitsa held a discussion on the topic “Prevention of early marriages”

 

EDUCATION

page 19-21 | Center “Amalipe” as a regional organization - coordinator at the National Network for Children seek answers to: What will be the average grade of the state care to children for the past year?

page 22-23 | Give a smile to children!

The newsletter is available here.

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